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Zebraguy626 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
it looks so funny to have seen the diesel cabs with the overhead electric...here in the east its either one or another. I can see how you miss those old milwaukee locs.
359realpete (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
sure wish someone would have video of the state line route i live 2 miles from the old line and all i can do is use my imagination of what used to roll along the right of way
EvilFartHead69 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
10,000 viewer!
RENFEMikado (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
let's see a Pentrex video about the east end of the MILW, partcularly the CTH&SE in Illinois and Indiana.
Harlowboy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Wow.I grew up in Harlowton in the 70's my father was a switchman for the Milwaukee. I remember folling my father throught the yards in Harlowton, I crossed that bridge several time with my father going to the roundhouse. Some of it is still there in Harlow, but a lot is gone. How cool to visit it again.....Those were the days.
gyralih (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Take a guess,Where do you think TMR got the power to run Electric trains over 2 Mountain ranges?Not a trick question.HGK
Isochest (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Wouldn't it be nice though, to see heavy freight moved by electric traction in the US: Powered by 100% US sourced energy: Coal, Hydro, Wind, and possibly solar! I'm English not American, but would love to see energy security like this not just in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland but in the USA, too! It's not perverse, but patriotic! I just want to see a stable world: Don't all sane compassionate civilised and good people want this?
RamFett (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Man,I miss the MILW. It was already gone when I was born, but as a kid I would still see their engines run through town pulling SOO Line trains. I still see the old orange and black SOO bandidt scheme on GP38-2 switchers in the West Milwaukee CP yard from time to time. The electric stuff is interesting and all, but I wish Pentrex would make a film about Milwaukee's diesel freight operations in the midwest.
cygnusixion (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
In addtion to higher taxes, another problem with electric is that those in power for some sick reason feel that using electricity in the U.S. is un-american and are hell bent on using Oil! Nothing makes me cringe more than watching a diesel loco moving a train under live catenarys, kinda retarded if you ask me.
Alco83 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Railroads, at least here in the U.S. are making a fantastic comeback thanks to overcrowded highways and gas prices. They haven't seen such astronomical levels of freight since the days of WWII and presently are having trouble keeping up with demand. In any event, this short Pentex clip is fantastic, some very historic video shot of Milwaukee's Lines West. |
